Sleep Is Non-Negotiable!

Did you know that an estimated 40% of the people in the US alone are not getting enough sleep? Lack of sleep has been linked to a weakened immune system, high blood pressure, depression, heart disease, poor memory, Type 2 diabetes and unnaturally speeding up the aging process. It is also a major cause of accident-related injuries. Why is sleep so critical? It is in the NREM (non-rapid eye movement) stage where our bodies go into repair – growing new tissue, building bones and muscles, and enhancing our immune system.

When we sleep, our brains act like a Hoover vacuum, sweeping out nonessential bits of information that we’ve collected during the day to make our minds more efficient.

Instead of looking at sleep as a hindrance, keeping you from getting more done, think of to as a necessary exercise. Make sleep non-negotiable!

Watch Dr. Landry’s video to learn more.

By Dr. Roger Landry, MD, MPH

President of Masterpiece living and award-winning author of the book, Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging.

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(Reprinted with permission of Masterpiece Living (MPL). Originally published in MPL’s bi-weekly “Fireside Conversations.”)

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Dr. Roger Landry

Dr. Roger Landry is a preventive medicine physician, author of award-winning Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging and President of Masterpiece Living, a group of multi-discipline specialists in the field of aging who partner with organizations to assist them in becoming destinations for Successful Aging. Trained at Tufts University School of Medicine and Harvard University School of Public Health, Dr. Landry was also a flight surgeon in the Air Force for more than 22 years. Dr. Landry retired as a highly decorated full colonel and chief flight surgeon at the Air Force Surgeon General’s Office in Washington, DC after duty on five continents.

For more than a decade, Dr. Landry has focused his efforts on older adults as a lecturer, researcher, consultant and author. Learn more at: MyMasterpieceLiving.com